Vending machine



L. B. lGOODMAN VENDING MACHINE Nov. 21,A 1933.

Filed Oct. 3, 1931 raf /m 51 JNVENToR. i Z/ele Goodman. J

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50 grip lever 11` Patented Nov. 21, 1933 i #UNITED STATES VENDNG MACHINE Leslie B. Goodman, Port Arthur, Tex., assignor of one-half to Elida N. Pedersen, Port Arthur,

Tex.

Application October 3,

7 Claims.

This invention relates to a vending machine, and more particularly to a machine that will vend a single article.

An object of the invention is the construction of a simple and eflicient mechanism that will deliver for instance a single cigarette upon the depositing of a coin.

Another object of the invention is the construction of a mechanism that can be manually -operated upon the depositing of a coin which will allow a single cigarette to be deposited into the operators hand while at the same time holding the remaining cigarettes in an eicient manner in the machine.

`With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter fully describedillustrated in the accompanying drawing, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mechanism constructed in accordance with the present invention. l Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse sectional view of the mechanism.

Figure 3 isa sectional view taken on line 5-5, Figure 2, and looking in the direction of the arrows. Referring to the drawing by numerals, 1 designates the casing, which is provided with a hinged cover 2 and a hinged door 3. The door 3 is provided with a suitable lock (not shown) whereby coin deposited in the bottom of the casing can not be fraudently removed. The casing is provided with a partition 5 constituting the bottom of the compartment infwhich the articles such as cigarettes are deposited. A vertical coin chute 6 is suitably secured within the casing 1, which chute 6 registers with a coin chute 6a formed on the cover 2.

A primary horizontal shaft 7 is provided to which is secured the discharge door 8. An auxiliary shaft 9 is mounted upon casing 1 directly 'above the primary shaft 7. A coil spring 10 (Fig. 2) is fastened at one end to shaft 9 and its other end is fastened tocasing 1; this spring is of sufficient strength to turn shaft 9 to a closed position after manual strain is removed from the There are preferably two separators 12 fastened xedly toshaft 9 and these separators extend through elongated slots 13, of partition 5 for engaging and holding the articles or cigarettes while one is being discharged through the door opening. A vertical partition 14 is in casing l, through which shafts 7 and 9 extend. A bracket 15 (Fig. 1) yis fastened to partltion-14. A bo1t1-6 extends horizontally through the bracket 15, and mounted thereon is the auxiliary dog 17. The auxiliary dog 17 is provided 1931. Serial No. 566,742

with a tooth 18, a cut-out portion 19, and a shoulder 20. On the primary shaft 7 is flxedly secured a spur 21 that engages the auxiliary dog 17 as hereinafter described.

A primary dog 22 is pivotally mounted on the partition 14 at 23. This primary dog 22 is provided at its outer end with a horizontal plate 24 and at its inner end with a depending tooth 25. A coil spring 26 is fastened at 27 to the primary dog 22 between its inner end and pivot 23; this spring 26 is fastened at one end to pin 28, whereby the inner end of dog 22 is held in engagement with the locking disc 29. Disc 29 is notched toV receive tooth of dog 22 for the purpose of locking the mechanism against operation until a suitable coin is deposited in chute 6. Then when the coin is deposited, it will fall and res-t upon plate 24, causing the dog 22 to pivot 23, suihciently to raise tooth 25 clear of the notch in disc 29, whereupon the mechanism can be manually operated for releasing a single article or cigarette.

A lever 30 is securely fastened at its lower end to disc 29, and normally bears against pin 28; its outer end (Fig. 3) is placed close to the outer end of the primary dog 22, so that the weight of the coin will cause the dog to disengage its tooth 25 from disc 29, and its outer end press upon lever 30, see dotted lines, until the operator presses on lever 11, Fig. 1, whereupon the lever 30 will move down releasing the coin, which then drops into the coin compartment, and allows tooth 25 to be free to engage again the notch on disc 29.

On the primary shaft 7 is a gear 31 meshing with sliding gear 32; gear 32 is to permit slight relative movement between said gear and shaft 9 and forms one of the units of the clutch 32a. A gear 33 is fixedly secured -to shaft 9 and gears 32 and 33 are provided on their contiguous faces with teeth 34, which mesh during the operation of the mechanism. A coil spring 35 normally exerts pressure upon gear 32 for forcing it into a meshing position with gear 33, when possible.

A coil spring 35 (Fig. 3) is connected at one end to the auxiliary dog 17 and at its 'other end to casing 1, whereby dog 17 has a tendency at all times to engage, at tooth 18, with the peripheral teeth 36 on the gear 33. When tooth 18 is engaging a tooth 36 of gear 33, the mechanism can not be operated. Y

The operation of the mechanism is as follows:

When the operator drops a coin in the chute 6a, it falls on plate 24 (Fig. 1) kicking tooth 25 out.k The coin will rest on plate` 24 until the operator presses on lever `11, which will lower lever 30, allowing the coin to fall to the bottom of casing 1. As the operator presses down on lever 1l, which is fast to shaft 7, gear 31 also being fast -to shaft 7, will force gear 32 the opposite way about onehalf inch. Gear 32 has part of a clutch 34; the other part is on gear or sprocket 33. As pressure is applied on lever 11, clutch 34 forces gear 33 clockwise about one half inch, at the same time spur 21 releases dog 17 allowing it to engage gear 33. As the pressure is applied to lever 11, separators 12 are forced against the cigarette above the one in the trap, as they are locked there by gear 33 and dog 17.

The lever l1 will have to be released at the same time trap door closes and locks by the little tooth 25 dropping in niche in disc'29; spur 2,1 kicks out dog 17 disengaging it from gear 33; spring 10 will force it back counter clockwise, carrying the separators 12 with it, therefore, releasing another cigarette on the trap door, which is already locked by the tooth 25.

It will therefore, be understood that the strength of spring 10 is sufficient to act upon the two shafts and their gears to hold the door 8 closed against fraudulent operation, until a coin has been deposited, which results in dog 22 releasing disc 29, whereupon manual pressure can be exerted upon lever ll, resulting in the operation of the gears, clutch and shafts for discharging a single article or cigarette.

While I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention and illustrate the same in the accompanying drawing, certain minor changes or alterations may appear to one skilled in the art to which this invention relates, during the extensive manufacture of the same, and I, therefore, reserve the right to make such changes or alterations as shallfairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a vending machine, the combination with a casing, of a primary and an auxiliary shaft journalled upon said casing, a spring fastened to said casing and auxiliary shaft, Vending means coop erating with said auxiliary shaft, a locking disc 1 on said auxiliary shaft, a coin actuated dog engaging said locking disc for holding the shafts against rotation, means for temporarily holding said dog when a coin has been deposited thereon, clutch means attached to said auxiliary shaft, a gear fastened to said primary shaft and meshing with said clutch means, an auxiliary dog engaging said clutch means, and a spur engaging said auxiliary dog.A

2. In a vending machine, the combination with a casing, of a Vertical partition in said casing, a lprimary and an auxiliary shaft journalled on said casing, a spring fastened to said casing and auxiliary shaft, vending means co-operating with said auxiliary shaft, al bracket secured to said vertical partition, a bolt extending from said bracket, an auxiliary dog pivotally mounted at its upper end upon said bolt, a spur engaging said auxiliary dog, a clutch' mechanism onY said auxiliary shaft, agear on said primary shaft and meshingwith said clutch mechanism said dog engaging said clutch mechanism for holding theV same locked, said auxiliary shaft provided with a locking disc, a primary dog pivotally mounted on said vertical partition and provided at its outer end with a plate and at its inner end with a depending tooth, means for temporarily holding said primary dog when a coin has beenv deposited thereon, said depending tooth engaging said locking disc, and a coin chute above said plate.

3. In a vending machine, the combination withf a casing, of a primary-and an auxiliary shaft on said casing, a spring fastenedto said casing and auxiliary shaft, vending means co-operating with` to said auxiliary shaft, a coin operated dog engaging saidlocking disc, a lever secured to said locking disc and adapted to engage at its outer end said coin operated dog, clutch means carried by said auxiliary shaft, a gear on said primary shaft and meshing with said clutch means, an auxiliary dog co-operating with said clutch means, and a spur engaging said auxiliary dog.

4. In a vending machine, the combination with a casingof a primary and an auxiliary shaft on said casing,` a spring fastened to said casing and auxiliary shaft, vending means co-operating with said auxiliary shaft, a locking disc fixedly secured to saidfauxiliary shaft, a coin-operated dog engaging said locking disc, a pin carried by said casing below said coin-operated dog, an upwardly bowed lever adapted to engage said pin and having its outer end under the outer end of said coinoperated dog and its inner end secured to said locking disc, clutch means carried by said auxiliary shaft, a gear on said primary shaft and meshing with said clutch means, an auxiliary dog cooperating with said clutch means, and a spur engaging said auxiliary dog.

5. In a vending machine, the combination of a casing, Vending means on said casing, a clutch mechanism, means connecting said clutch mechanisrn to said vending means, means including a coin-actuated dog for holding said clutch mechanism in an inoperative position, means for temporarily holding said dog when a coin has been deposited thereon, an auxiliary dog co-operating with said clutch mechanism, and a spur engaging said auxiliary dog.

6. In av vending machine, the combination of a casing provided with a compartment and with a vertical partition close to one side thereof, said casing provided with vending means, a coin-actuated dog andan auxiliary dog in said casing b etween one of its sides and said vertical partition, a lever under said coin-actuated dog for partly holding it until the mechanism is manually operated, and means co-operating with saidv coinactuated dog and said auxiliary dog for being manually operated when a coin is deposited 4in said casing. v

'7. In a vending machine, the combination of a casing provided with an inclined'partition and with a vertical partition near one side of the casing, a primary and an auxiliary shaft extending across the casing and through said vertical partition, vending means Yco-operating with said auxiliary shaft under said inclined partition, a coil spring on said auxiliary shaft at one end thereof and its other end fastened to a side'of said casing, an outstanding bracket' fastened to said vertical partition between the partition and a side of said' said clutch mechanism and pivotally mounted on said bracket, a spur fixedly secured to said primaryvv shaft'and normally engaging said auxiliary dog,v a gear fixedly secured to said primary shaft andl normally engaging said clutch mechanism, and a lever grip outside of said casing and fixedly secured to one end of said primary shaft, substan tially as shown'and described. Y Y

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